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- From: djs6015@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Don Smith)
- Subject: Re: Bypassing the "sniffer" on upgrade disks (Re: Do ARCHIVES of this newsgroup exist?)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug28.225806.21176@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
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- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 22:58:06 GMT
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- In article <anderson.24.714921056@mayo.edu> anderson@mayo.edu (Alfred I. Anderson) writes:
- }Several months ago there was a discussion about installing the OS/2 ver 2
- }upgrade package on a virgin disk. The upgrade wants to find either DOS or
- }OS/2 v1.3 on the disk before allowing installation to proceed. There were
- }comments as to how to circumvent this.
- }
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- I am almost certain that to circumvent the "sniffer" you need to put
- a file called rup.rup on DISKETTE 1 with a file length of 0 and the
- Read Only, Hidden, System, and Archive flags on.
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- | Don Smith | Woman mirrors the universe, and within |
- |djs6015@ultb.isc.rit.edu |her temple she contains all the ritual |
- |DJS6015@ritvax.isc.rit.edu |sacraments needed to unleash the vortex |
- |DJS6015@ritvax.BITNET |ov the subconscious. John ZeWizz |
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